Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester speaks at a fringe meeting during the Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes to use his Labour Party's annual conference to reset his ailing political brand, but immediately faced sharp criticism from one of his main internal rivals over the direction his government is headed.
Andy Burnham, Labour mayor of Manchester, told a packed event on the sidelines of the first day of the conference that the party's leadership was presiding over a "culture of fear" and there should be more room for debate.
